Eugene H. Krabs

Eugene Viktor Krabs (or simply Mr. Krabs) is a fictional character on the Nickelodeon TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. His name is name is a reference to noted U.S. socialist Eugene Victor Debs.

Krabs is SpongeBob's boss and owner of the Krusty Krab, a burger joint in Bikini Bottom. In contrast to his namesake, Krabs is something of a miser. However, he is not heartless—he cares about SpongeBob (who keeps his restaurant afloat), dotes on his daughter Pearl Krabs, and in one episode, he found his second love (after money) in Mrs. Puff. Krabs' arch-rival is Sheldon Plankton, a former business partner. He has a mother, Momma Krabs, who lives in a near identical version of his anchor home, except it's pink. Krabs' birthday, revealed on his driver's license in the episode "Sleepy Time", is November 30, 1942.

Eugene's father, Viktor Krabs, was a poor Uranian immigrant from whom young Eugene learned the importance of saving money. However, Eugene lost all of his savings in a failed investment and wound up working as the janitor on the S.S. Diarrhea, gazing longingly at the terrible meals the chefs cooked. So Krabs didn't see anything special when a broken passenger from third class named Biff Quahog told him about a delicious burger he had created. Krabs stole the treasure from Quahog's room, discovered it was only a message in a bottle, and threw it, with disgust, into an empty shoe box.

Long after the encounter, Krabs sank into a deep depression. One day, while looking for his father's will, he found the old shoe box. Inside the bottle was a recipe labelled Quahog Burger. When Krabs cooked it, he found it delectable. He decided to go into business selling it, and built his restaurant by renovating the local (failing) retirement home.